Jump Ring Designers - Inspiration

Researching jump ring jewelry techniques, I came across Jordeva Designs by Heather Jordison. This artist offered clean designs using different traditional jump ring weaves, like the ones below:

Byzantine weave                                      Helm weave                     Infinity Weave

Another designer who goes by Bearchick (Mary Carter) creates designs that incorporate a variety of jump ring chain designs as well as charms and beads into one piece.

KcazDesigns by Lisa Kaczmarek of British Columbia designed this beautiful necklace. She doesn't have more examples of jump ring work but I love the cascading effect of this design. 

 


Lisa Granados of ARTisian Corner created an interesting design with captive beads using jump rings. Here are some of her designs.

The last artist I researched and the one I found most inspirational was Jennifer LaDouceur, whose shop is called Tattooed and Chained. Her prolific body of work is almost exclusively from jump rings. Some examples:




The bracelet on the left was described as a 'full persian weave', and is made from copper. It looks complicated but reminded me of work we might create because of the material.









This bracelet is a good example of a lot of her work - she combines many bright colors with dark rings to make the jewelry really stand out.

Imagine if the earrings pictured here were joined at top and bottom points with another smaller link. That would be something I'd like to create myself.

I love this pendant for its geometric design.

This is called a dragonscale chainmaille, I included it because it is so impressive; it looks to me like a pinecone.










For the clasps, I researched and found these images to guide my designs:

I like these textured, hammered designs for the s-hook clasps.

Here are some examples of toggle clasps: 

 
 

 

Silver Band Ring & Soldering Project

Inspiration images for my silver band ring:

My designs:

Maquette:

Laser Cut Tab and Slot Lamp

For our second project in ART218 we will be designing cardboard tabs to construct a simple lamp. The design will then be laser cut into many tabs of the same design to be connected to slots on either end of where the bulb is housed.
I looked at the themes of botanical inspiratio, microscopic details, culturally inspired patterns, geometry and the animal kingdom.

 

 

I looked at two designers for further inspiration, one was a single individual while one was a company.
Loz Abberton is a designer from Queensland who now lives in Tasmania. She makes wood and plastic tab and slot lamps, below are two examples.

The other designs I looked at were from a design studio collective called Alienology based in Santa Monica, CA. Their founder is Igor Knezevic. They also make lamps other than tab and slot style; here are some examples of their work. 

More inspirations:

My designs:

These would be lasercut from cardboard

 

 

 

Maquette:
The squiggly design would be all over the negative space defined by the outline, but for the maquette I just cut out a sample of the pattern.

I designed the lamp to have 11 tabs and slots, and used a pink ceramic bulb to create a dimmer, colorful glow.
Rhino Design Screenshots:

Finished Product: